It came to symbolize the terror committed in the name of the revolutionary cause.
Not a single trial has ever been held in Russia in connection with any act of terror committed by the Soviet state.
But if we're understanding the term to mean acts of terror committed for political ends, then the CIA is surely the greatest terrorist organisation on earth.
The finger-wagging demand that Muslims condemn acts of terror committed by jihadist cultists is odious: it tacitly assumes that Muslims support such horror unless they explicitly say otherwise.
An art historian may have called the sculptor's works "oversized monsters," but in regard to the monument, the only oversized monsters are the acts of terror committed against the United States.
It's easy to look at acts of terror committed in the names of different gods, debates about the role of women in various churches, unfamiliar and elaborate religious rules and rituals and think, look at these foolish religious folk.
I was disturbed by the acts of terror committed by Boko Haram which were becoming more cruel and gruesome, even before the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls on 14 April.
The NDH forces were motivated by the mass terror committed by Đurišić on the Muslim population in Sandžak and south-eastern Bosnia.
As a candidate and now as president, he has routinely signaled his support of white nationalism and been slow to condemn terror committed by white, right-wing extremists. .
Meanwhile, acts of terror committed in the name of a distorted version of Islam ― from Orlando and Paris to Manchester and Baghdad ― continue to dominate the news.
